Denver’s venerable Buckhorn Exchange is one of two Colorado establishments mentioned in “A Century of Restaurants: Stories and Recipes from 100 of America’s Most Historic and Successful Restaurants.” (Photo courtesy of Rick Browne.)

A new book chronicling some of the country’s oldest restaurants lists two spots that will be familiar to most fans of Colorado dining: the famed Buckhorn Exchange in Denver and the bar at Aspen’s Hotel Jerome.

The book, with a mouthful of a title — “A Century of Restaurants: Stories and Recipes from 100 of America’s Most Historic and Successful Restaurants” — was written by Rick Browne, the popular barbecue bard. (Andrews McMeel Publishing, $40)

Both the Buckhorn Exchange, which sits at 1000 Osage St., and the Hotel Jerome’s bar openedtheir doors in 1893, so props to both on their 120th birthday year.

Among the other establishments mentioned are the Nebraska bar where Ernest Hemingway edited “A Farewell to Arms” while sipping martinis, a restaurant where Billy the Kid washed dishes and a place where Ho Chi Minh baked pastries.

Here’s a recipe for the Buckhorn Exchange’s elk strip steak sauce, which works with any red meat.Read more…